[Avodah] Kiddushin and Bigamy

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 01:29:24PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
>> I was wondering if the qiddushin would even be chal. Presumably he said
>> "kedas Mosheh veYisrael". Isn't minhag part of "das Yisrael"?

> You obviously didn't read the story.  The man gave his first wife a get,
> and al pi halacha is completely free to marry someone else...

You're right that I missed that important part from the story. I just
saw the big about him threatening a heter mei'ah rabbanim, the first
part of that paragraph.

I still wonder about the question I asked -- if he is getting married
"kedas Mosheh veYisrael", why would a bigamous marriage be chal?

...
> no reason why he should wait for the civil divorce to come through.

That depends why it's taking so long. I can't comment on a real case
without knowing why the first wife is making the divorce difficult.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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